45 entries under painful topic. ×

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disastrous(adjective, help, bad, sad, pain)
21
catastrophic(adjective, help, sad, unhappy, awful)
18
ruinous(adjective, help, bad, pain, unhappy)
17
dire(adjective, severe, unpleasant, awful, terrible)
16
fatal(adjective, help, suffering, dreadful)
15
unfortunate(adjective, bad, sad, unhappy, awful)
14
cataclysmic(adjective, help, awful, terrible, miserable)
12
fateful(adjective, help, sad, awful, gloomy)
12
grievous(adjective, severe, sad, unhappy, unpleasant)
11
woeful(adjective, sad, unhappy, unpleasant, awful)
8
deadly(adjective, sad, suffering, dreadful)
8
distressing(adjective, severe, sad, unhappy, unpleasant)
7
bad(adjective, evil, sad, unhappy, unpleasant)
6
heartbreaking(adjective, sad, unhappy, unpleasant, awful)
5
disturbing(adjective, severe, unpleasant, awful, terrible)
5
hard(adjective, unpleasant, vicious, distressing)
5
unhappy(adjective, bad, sad, terrible, gloomy)
5
wretched(adjective, bad, sad, unhappy, gloomy)
3
afflictive(adjective, unpleasant, awful, terrible, miserable)
3
hapless(adjective, bad, unhappy, terrible, gloomy)
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